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Teenage girl dies after inhaling helium at party

Last weekend, 14-year-old Ashley Long told her parents she was going to a slumber party. But instead of spending the night watching videos and eating popcorn two blocks away, sh... 

Politics

After bitter debate, Romney and Santorum eye Mich.

A bitter and often personal debate behind them, Republicans Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are shoring up their campaigns in different ways ahead of a series of crucial president... 

World

Shelling kills 2 Western journalists in Syria

Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the rele... 

US

Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive'

The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spy... 

World

Argentine train slams into station, killing 49

The first two cars were packed as usual for the morning rush, so tightly that people stood pressed flesh to flesh, sandwiched between bicycles and the few seats, many without so... 

Economy

Final report on W.Va. mine blast comes amid charge

West Virginia mine safety officials were to release the final report on a 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners Thursday just as federal prosecutors turn up the heat on managers ... 

Politics

Idaho GOP state Sen. McGee resigns amid scandal

An Idaho Republican state senator who had been seen as a political riser has stepped down amid sexual harassment allegations. Four-term state Sen. John McGee's resignation cappe...